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Step-By-Step Guide To Performing Ground Reference Maneuvers

Northstar VFR

Begin a turn around the point, keeping asteepest bank angleon the downwind, where your groundspeed is highest. your groundspeed begins to slow down),shallow your bank angleto compensate for the decreasing groundspeed. Pro tip: Watch your airspeed vs groundspeed. Lets take a look at these ground reference maneuvers: 1.

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Heads-up, hands-free: How to use iPad audio alerts for safer flights

iPad Pilot News

The alert will only sound once every 60 seconds and is automatically disabled if groundspeed is less than 40 knots. Runway Final Approach Alert – Alerts when approaching any runway, based on altitude, vertical speed, track, and when within 4 nm of the runway threshold. AGL after having been above 1,000 ft.

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Danger lurks in circling approaches

Air Facts

What speed on final approach? Speed should be target (Vref) + 10 kts, in full landing configuration until the final approach segment. The rule of thumb is VSI = ½ groundspeed times 10. Non-towered airports greatly raise the possibility of traffic conflicts. What are the possibilities of a GPWS activation?

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My Near Death Experience

Air Facts

At the current groundspeed, I believed it shouldn’t be of much concern unless the cell began producing lightning. ” As I broke out of the clouds on the final approach course, I flew about 1.5 The approach end of runway 24 came into view, followed by the rest of the airport as we entered the left downwind to runway 6.

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Anticipation

Air Facts

So, there you are, flying at 6,000 feet with a nice tailwind, riding the wave of speed looking at the groundspeed hit the marks you have not seen in a while. You look at the multifunction display and notice the groundspeed is slowing down to your true airspeed as if the wind has suddenly traded in for calm. All is good with the world.

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Deadstick Landings: How Pilots Handle Engine-Out Emergencies

Pilot Institute

Doubling your groundspeed quadruples the impact force. Then, head into the wind to reduce groundspeed and hang the airplane in the branches in a nose-high attitude. Approach Approach planning can feel like a balancing act between wind direction, field dimensions, and obstacles. Do you know why? What should you do?

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Turbulence

Air Facts

As we got crossed the final approach fix, the rain shaft grew. I asked the pilot to declare a missed approach and request vectors back for another ILS. I could see a sudden shaft of rain in front by about seven miles. The clouds decided to empty their burden. The clouds decided to empty their burden.